South Gippsland, a region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, is a well-watered region consisting of low, rolling hills descending to the coast in the south and the Latrobe Valley in the north. It is part of the larger Gippsland Basin bioregion.
Geography
Low granite hills continue into Wilsons Promontory, the southernmost point of Victoria and mainland Australia. Rivers are generally very short and impossible to dam owing to the lack of potential storage sites, but groundwater of good quality is readily available. The major industries are forestry and dairy farming, and the principal towns include Cowes (on Phillip Island), Leongatha, Korumburra, Wonthaggi and Foster.
Wilsons Promontory National Park features eucalypt forests and rainforests as well as its famous beaches, and is one of the most popular holiday areas in Victoria. Linked to mainland South Gippsland via a bridge at San Remo, Phillip Island is also a major tourist destination, noted particularly for its surf beaches, nightly Penguin Parade and the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
12,000 years ago, South Gippsland formed part of a land bridge to Tasmania the remnants of which is the Furneaux Group of islands. A ferry operates from Welshpool to Lady Barron Island, part of the Furneaux Group.
History White settlement of the South Gippsland area mainly took place around 1870 - 1880, when the Melbourne to Sale railway line was in construction.
South Gippsland Shire Football Association The South Gippsland Shire Football Association ran from 1903 to 1921 and was an Australian Rules football competition.
In 1905, the Alberton Shire FA (49 points) defeated the South Gippsland Shire FA (47 points).
In July 1908, the South Gippsland Shire FA (6.18 - 54) defeated the Koorumburra & District FA (4.14 - 38) at Foster, then in August 1908, the Koorumburra & District FA (8.7 - 55) defeated the South Gippsland Shire FA (3.13 - 31)
In 1922, Koo Wee Rup and Lang Lang joined the Berwick Football Association and Poowong and Nyora joined the Central Gippsland Football Association, which left only Wonthaggi and Wonthaggi Miners and both club's went into recess in 1922, due to no available competition to play in.
Seniors:South Gippsland Shire FA: Grand Final ScoresYearPremiersScoresRunner upScores Venue / Comments1903 1904Fish Creek 1905 1906Toora 2.2 - 14Foster 0.4 - 4Foster 1907 1908Toora 1909Fish Creek verses Foster 1910 1911Toora 6.1 - 37Foster3.3 - 21 1912Welshpool 7.12 - 54Foster1.3 - 9 Foster/Crowd:1,000 1913Fish Creek 1914Foster 6.14 - 50Toora 2.6 - 18Toora1918Woorarra 7.6 - 48Toora 5.3 - 33Foster 1919Fish Creek 3.9 - 27Toora 3.3 - 21Foster Fish Creek*lost 1919premiership on aprotest fromToora1920Kooweerup 10.9 - 69Wonthaggi 7.11 - 53Kooweerup/$50 1921Wonthaggi 9.7 - 61Wonthaggi Miners4.9 - 33Wonthaggi 1922 1923 1924Devon 9.13 - 67Fish Creek 9.9 - 63 Alberton 1927Wonthaggi 9.7 - 61Fish Creek4.7 - 31Leongatha/$70 Wonthaggi*lost 1927premiership on a protest fromFish Creek 1928Korumburra 9.12 - 66Wonthaggi Fire Brigade 6.15 - 51Leongatha 1929Wonthaggi 9.15 - 69Korumburra5.8 - 38Leongatha 1930Korumburra 9.11 - 65Wonthaggi Fire Brigade9.8 - 62Leongatha / £83 1931Leongatha 14.8 - 92Wonthaggi Town 5.10 - 40Korumburra 1932Leongatha 18.23 - 131Mirboo North11.5 - 71Mirboo North 1933SGFA disbanded
References
Links 1920 - South Gippsland Shire FA Premiers: Koo Wee Rup FC team photo 1938 - South Gippsland FA Premiers: Nyora FC team photo